1917 in association football

Events

Winners club national championship

• Argentina: Racing Club
• Austria: Rapid Vienna
• Belgium: no national championship
• Denmark: KB
• England: no national championship
• France: no national championship
• Germany: no national championship
• Hungary: MTK Hungária FC
• Iceland: Fram
• Italy: no national championship
• Luxembourg: US Hollerich
• Netherlands: Go Ahead
• Paraguay: Club Libertad
• Scotland: Celtic F.C.
• Sweden: Djurgårdens IF
• Uruguay: Nacional
• Greece: 1913 to 1921 - no championship titles due to the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922.

  International tournaments

• 1917 Far Eastern Championship Games
• South American Championship 1917 in Uruguay

  Births

• September 20 - Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan international footballer
• October 12 - Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan international footballer
• December 12 - Fred Stansfield, Welsh international footballer

  Deaths

• August 10 - Jimmy Speirs, Scottish footballer and scorer of 1911 FA Cup Final winning goal